CMS Overview: Moodle

Moodle: a Course Management System (CMS),
also known as a Learning Management System (LMS)
or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

Features:

Moodle is an online course management system.

• Set up class home pages
• Manage assignments and reports
• Detect plagiarism
• Share files with live multi-author editing
• Give quizzes and tests
• Manage grading

Sponsored by:

http://moodle.com

Get it at:

https://moodle.org/

Installation Guide:

http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Installing_Moodle

Plugins:

https://moodle.org/plugins/

 Considerations:

This beast takes a lot of management. It’s suitable for larger-scale operations, such as a community college, but is likely to be overkill for a single teacher.

Public schools should be giving Moodle serious consideration as a free alternative to Blackboard.